| AFRO 101 Introduction to Ethnic Studies |
| Description: Prerequisite: completion of General Education (G. E.) Category III.C.1. Perspective through which people of color have come to see themselves in terms of their own heroes, culture and contributions to societies in which they live, and world society in general. (Same as Asian American Studies 101, Chicana/o Studies 101, Women’s Studies 101) |
Units: (3)
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| AFRO 107 Introduction to Afro-American Studies |
| Description: Prerequisite: completion of G. E. Category III.C.1. Aims and objectives of Afro-American studies. Basic terms and references that give substance to Afro-Ethnic studies. |
Units: (3)
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| AFRO 108 Linguistics and Minority Dialects |
| Description: (Same as Linguistics 108) |
Units: (3)
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| AFRO 190 Survey of American History with Emphasis on Ethnic Minorities |
| Description: (Same as History 190, Chicana/o Studies 190, and Asian Amer Studies 190) |
Units: (3)
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| AFRO 210 Introduction To Hip Hop |
| Description: Origins and influences of hip hop on culture, fashion, movies, television, advertising, attitude, music, dancing and slang among African Americans. The impact of the hip hop culture phenomenon on American and global societies. |
Units: (3)
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| AFRO 301 African-American Culture |
| Description: African cultural characteristics in the New World and contemporary events, including art, ideas, dance and literature. |
Units: (3)
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| AFRO 304 The Black Family |
| Description: Prerequisite: Sociology 101 or completion of G. E. Category III.C.1. American social conditions that shaped the black family from the African cultural patterns to the family that exists today. Roles of poverty, racism and discrimination. (Same as Sociology 304) |
Units: (3)
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| AFRO 306 American Indian Women |
| Description: Prerequisite: completion of G. E. Category III.C.1. Female role in American Indian tribal lifestyles. Labor divisions, leadership, political and social activities from a number of tribes. Historical and contemporary issues as they affect American Indian women. (Same as Women’s Studies 306) |
Units: (3)
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| AFRO 307 Research and Writing in Ethnic Studies (formerly 400) |
| Description: (Same as Asian American 307 and Chicana/o 307) |
Units: (3)
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| AFRO 308 African American Males in American Social Systems |
| Description: Prerequisite: completion of G. E. Category III.C.1. Critical examination of the significant life experiences of African American males. Emphasizes family, community, school and broader social systems that affect African American males’ functioning within legal, educational, economic and social environments. |
Units: (3)
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| AFRO 310 Black Women in America |
| Description: Prerequisite: completion of G. E. Category III.C.1. Issues in the study of black women in America, including social, political, economic and intellectual development. Historical and contemporary issues as they affect black American women. (Same as Women’s Studies 310) |
Units: (3)
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| AFRO 311 Intracultural Socialization Patterns |
| Description: Prerequisite: completion of G. E. Category III.C.1. Patterns of role learning as they vary within subpopulations; changes over time in the values, attitudes and goals of the general culture and of subcultures; stereotypes and realities; understanding and dealing with cultural variation, as well as cultural “norms.” One or more sections offered online. (Same as Human Services 311) |
Units: (3)
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| AFRO 314 Pan-African Dance and Movement |
| Description: Prerequisite: completion of G. E. Category III.B.1. or III.B.2. Theory and practice of movement of African and Haitian peoples. Movement (dance) as quasi-language in perpetuating the lifestyle of African cultures and cultures of African descent. |
Units: (3)
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| AFRO 317 Black Politics |
| Description: Prerequisite: Political Science 100. Blacks’ struggle for political equality and relief from political oppression. Public policies concerning blacks’ freedoms, liberties and property rights. (Same as Political Science 317) |
Units: (3)
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| AFRO 320 Black Political Thought |
| Description: Prerequisite: completion of the G. E. Category III.B.2. Black American intellectual from slavery to contemporary times, with special emphasis on black contributions to American political and social thought, as well as their contributions in America’s social development. |
Units: (3)
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| AFRO 321 Grassroots Planning and Community Development Planning In Minority Communities |
| Description: Planning and community development trends in minority communities in urban, suburban and rural areas. Theoretical perspectives and practices embraced by grassroots planners. Public and private sector approaches. Topics include neighborhood planning, community development, economic development and grassroots organizing. |
Units: (3)
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| AFRO 322 Psychology of African Americans |
| Description: Prerequisite: completion of G. E. Category III.C.1. Uses psychological principles and practices to guide students’ comprehension of life as an African American. Introduction to a holistic perspective that expands ways of conceptualizing psychology from an African American world view. (Same as Psychology 322) |
Units: (3)
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| AFRO 324 African-American Literature |
| Description: Prerequisite: completion of G. E. Category III.B.2. Literary contributions by major black American authors. Contemporary black writers and the recurring themes of protest and quest for identity. Not available for graduate degree credit. (Same as English 324) |
Units: (3)
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| AFRO 325 African-American Religions and Spirituality |
| Description: Prerequisite: completion of General Education Category III.C.1. African-American belief systems and denominations. Folk beliefs among Blacks, African-American religious groups, and the role of the Black Church in politics and social change in the Black community. (Same as Comparative Religion 325) |
Units: (3)
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| AFRO 335 History of Racism |
| Description: Prerequisite: completion of G. E. Category III.C.1. Historical roots and current expressions of racism. How racism manifests itself through individual, social, political, economic and religious institutions and proposes methods of combating it. |
Units: (3)
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| AFRO 337 American Indian Religions and Philosophy |
| Description: Prerequisite: completion of the G. E. Category III.B.2. American Indian religious and philosophic perspectives. Religious interpretations and thought in various facets of belief, ranging from traditional Indian religion to Christianity. Highlights contemporary religious activities. Not available for graduate degree credit. (Same as Comparative Religion 337) |
Units: (3)
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| AFRO 346 The African Experience |
| Description: Prerequisite: completion of G. E. Category III.C.1. African history from the origin of the black man and traditional African civilization through the African diaspora to the institutional realities of Africa today. Not available for credit to students who have completed History 355. |
Units: (3)
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| AFRO 356 African-American Music Appreciation |
| Description: Prerequisite: junior/senior standing. Black music in America; the sociological conditions that help produce various forms of black music. One or more sections offered online. (Same as Music 356) |
Units: (3)
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| AFRO 357 Blacks in the Performing Arts |
| Description: Prerequisite: completion of G. E. Category III.B.1. African-American culture through the performing arts. Examines Blacks in the entertainment industry as a means of understanding and revealing important aspects of African-American culture. (Same as Music 357 and Theatre 357) |
Units: (3)
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| AFRO 370 Development of African American Children and Youth |
| Description: (Same as Children/Adolescent Studies 370) |
Units: (3)
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| AFRO 381 African Literature |
| Description: (Same as English 381 and Comparative Literature 381) |
Units: (3)
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| AFRO 405 Hollywood v. History: An Interpretive History of Blacks through Film |
| Description: Prerequisite: Afro 107. Critical study of black images in motion pictures, past and present. Explores the tension between historical Black consciousness, authenticity, imitation and alternative adaptation. |
Units: (3)
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| AFRO 430 A Social Psychological Study in Ethnic Minority Behavior |
| Description: Prerequisites: Afro 101 or 107; or Psych 101. Central role of culture, race and ethnicity in the human condition. Social psychological theory and research provides the context of the course. Cultural pluralism and diversity. Course offered online. (Same as Psych 430) |
Units: (3)
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| AFRO 450 African History Since 1935 |
| Description: (Same as History 450) |
Units: (3)
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| AFRO 457 West African and the African Diaspora |
| Description: (Same as History 457) |
Units: (3)
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| AFRO 458 Southern Africa in the 20th Century |
| Description: (Same as History 458) |
Units: (3)
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| AFRO 485 Schools, Education and Ethnic Minority Groups (formerly 385) |
| Description: Prerequisite: completion of G. E. Category III.C.2. Ways in which the constraints of formal schooling affect the behaviors and attitudes of ethnic minority group members. Role of the community and family in school readiness and the psychological consequences of schooling. One or more sections offered online. |
Units: (3)
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| AFRO 490 Senior Research Seminar |
| Description: Prerequisites: completion of G. E. Categories III.B.1, III.B.2, III.C.2, and IV; completion of Afro Ethnic Studies core requirements. Development of foundational theoretical knowledge in race relations and practical application in social organization and empowerment that is transformative regarding the human experience in general and the African American perspective in particular. |
Units: (3)
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| AFRO 499 Independent Study |
| Description: Prerequisites: junior/senior standing and acceptance of the subject by department chair and instructor directing the study. |
Units: (1-3)
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